Improvement in egg-carriers



UNITEDSTATES PATENT -C)FFIcE. i i

JOHN L. STEVENS, OF OHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BILLINGS, COBURN & O0., 'OF SAME PLACE.

iMPRovEM-ENT IN. Eee-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of LcttersPatent No. 213,848, dated April 1, 1879; application filed February 15, 1879.

To all uflzom i t 'may conccm Be it known that I, JOHN L. STEVENS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful 1mprovements'in Egg-Carriers; and I'hereb)7 declare the following to be a full, clear, and exf act description of Vthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art 'to which my inventlon appertains to make and use the p same, reference being had to theacooin panyin g construction and arrangement of the partition- V strips, as hereinafter described and elaiiued.

In the trays as usually constructed, bythe interlockingof the partition-strips, the strips are liable to be pulled apart upon lifting the tray from the box 'or case; and the object of -my intention is to obviate this objection hy seeurely nterlocking the strips, so that they will not pull apart with ordinary handling or usage. I

In the drawings, A represents one of theinside strips or ];)artitions, which is made from st-raw-board or other suitable material and of any desired dimensions, and is provided with aseries of slots, a, equidistant, butin the npper side' thereof, to the depth of one-half of the width of the strip; and on either side of the slots af, and near each end of the strip, is also cut an irregular slot, a', so as to form a shoulder, c, a's shown.

B represents one of the outside strips or partitions, which is made of the same dimensions as the strip A, and is provided 'with a series of slots, b, equidistant, and irregu'lar slots b', forming a shoulder,-d, cut in the lower side thereof, and eorresponding With the slots in the strip A.. In the upper side or edge of thelstr'ip B iscut a' series of slots, b'f, in line with the slots b b', and of a depth corresponding With the Width of thclshonlders c d.

In const-ructing the tray or series of bottomless pockets, a series of strips, A, are arranged verticaliy and parallel to each other, and a corresponding number are arranged at right angles thereto, and are interlocked together by means of the' slots a, so that their edges are flush with each other, and the slotsa' will be upon the upper side of one series and the l'ower side of the other series of strips A. The outside strips, B, are then united or interlocked to the projecting ends of the strips A by passing` the slots bof the strip B into the slot a' of the strip A until their edges are fiush with each other, and the shoulders c at the ends of thestrip A are let into the slots b of strip B, and the shoulders d of strips B are let into the slots b of the reverse strips B, thereby uniting the tray firmly and securely, and so that it will not become disengaged in any direetion With ordinary handling or usage.

By construeting the tray as described there are no loose projecting ends of the strips; but they are firm and solid and not liable to tear or break;

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an egg-carrier, the Vcombination of the strips or parttions A, provided With the slots a a' and shoulders c, With the strips B., providcd With the slots b b' b andshoulder (I, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN L, srnvnns.

Witnesscs: I

G. l-loFFMAN, N. (loWLns. 

